Influential, but not enough to get tickets for the good seats

Being 'influential' clearly helps. Bosom Buddies won the two cell phones.  Thanks to all of you who voted.

I asked my sister whether this charitable act of mine qualified me to jump a few places ahead in the queue and this was her reply:

As for the queue, I am afraid not.  It will however make me love you even more, and up my praying to get you into the queue.  I suspect you might actually be in the queue but you have the tickets for the matinée show and possibly have a pillar in front of your seat for the heaven show.

Sounds like a bit of a crap deal to me. What's the point of doing good deeds if it isn't going to get you closer to the front row?  I mean, really. I am talking cutting edge technology here, not any old phone. Surely the Lord would dig a "truly organised mobile office"?

This lordy stuff sounds like a lot of hard work to me. All that denial and self sacrifice just for the matinée show? Bah! Will stick with being baaaaad instead. 

PS That was a joke.

Comments

[N]

Tertia, I'm in the same boat as you, I think my poor mother's daily rosary offered up for me, isn't going to cut it either. But hey my thinking is think of all the fabulous interesting people I am going to meet/reunite with in so called *ell.

[Heather]

I agree that *ell will be far more interesting. At this point, I am probably driving the bus to and from, wearing gasoline underwear. LOL

[Melody Brown, Cape Town]

Bad gets you more readers....

[Andrea]

I don't know...see, I far prefer the simple guideline for eternity with Christ: "For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God's gift - not from works, so that no one can boast."

The whole point, and something that certain churches seem to have missed, is that the Bible stresses that believing in Jesus as your Savior is what counts - not praying with beads, doing nice things and being a "good person." The truth is that if you truly believe in Jesus, and believe in God's Word, He'll make the necessary changes in you, because you're open to it.

But as a human, it's pretty simple: you take your heart and say, "here, Jesus, and thanks for giving me Yours."

[Robin from Israel]

"I agree that *ell will be far more interesting. At this point, I am probably driving the bus to and from, wearing gasoline underwear."

Damn near peed my pants over this one. Funny funny funny stuff. At least I'll have great company once I get down there.

[connie]

I was actually thinking about this very topic before I clicked on the link to check your blog. Interesting...

Listen to your sister, hon. She loves you.

[Molliev]

What are you fighting so hard against, T? How well is YOUR plan working for you?

[Sister Mel]

Andrea, Connie & Molliev, my new BF's! You will all have to join me in praying that the light will come on and Tersh will have this Oprah/Jesus moment and just know Andrea's comment is the truth here.
The more I do at Bosom Buddies, the more I know how little it actually counts in terms of 'points' with God. In the queue with my grace ticket!
PS, am chuffed with the phones so thanks for all the happy clappy folk and happy heathen folk and just any ol happy folk who voted for us.

[angel]

mwaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahaaaaaaaa...
if only deeds were enough to get us into heaven!!!

[Andrea]

Yay for BF's! I am new to your blog, Mel, but I am loving what I've read so far. You have such HEART in what you say!

[Bevc]

YAY! So glad they won!!!

[Meg]

Hahahahaha, your sister cracks me up! (and so do you!)

To misquote a friend's uncle, I don't want to go to heaven. I want to be with my husband.